The Latest Breaking News from Louisiana

Three people have been arrested in connection with New Orleans jailbreak

A federal judge has ordered the transfer of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher facing deportation from Louisiana, where she was detained by immigration authorities, to Massachusetts, where she has been charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos

Early coverage of Pope Leo XIV has explored the first American pontiff’s Chicago upbringing, as well as the many years he spent in Peru, first as a missionary and then as a bishop.

Jackson Cantwell’s Miami commitment shakes  SEC recruiting, while Georgia, LSU, and Texas A&M battle for dominance in 2026 recruiting.

Chemical plant linked to air pollution and cancer risks in majority-Black region ‘exploring all options for the future’

Margaret Carpenter was previously indicted over reported abortion pill prescription in state with near-total ban

Jimmie Christian Duncan learned in April 2025 that a Louisiana judge had dismissed his capital murder conviction and he would no longer face the prospect of execution. In 1998, a jury convicted Duncan of murdering his girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter, and he had been on death row ever since.

Bobby Gumpright was in the throws of addiction 25 years ago when he fabricated a story that he had been robbed at gunpoint by a Black man

A Tufts University student from Turkey has returned to Boston after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center